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If I ever reach heaven I expect to find three wonders there: first, to meet some I had not thought read more
If I ever reach heaven I expect to find three wonders there: first, to meet some I had not thought to see there; second, to miss some I had expected to see there; and third, the greatest wonder of all, to find myself there
It is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of the needle than for a rich man to read more
It is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of the needle than for a rich man to enter the Kingdom of God.
In hope to merit Heaven by making earth a Hell.
In hope to merit Heaven by making earth a Hell.
You forget that the kingdom of heaven suffers violence: and the kingdom of heaven is like a woman.
You forget that the kingdom of heaven suffers violence: and the kingdom of heaven is like a woman.
Go to Heaven for the climate, Hell for the company.
Go to Heaven for the climate, Hell for the company.
Eye hath not seen it, my gentle boy!
Ear hath not heard its deep songs of joy;
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Eye hath not seen it, my gentle boy!
Ear hath not heard its deep songs of joy;
Dreams cannot picture a world so fair--
Sorrow and death may not enter there;
Time doth not breathe on its fadeless bloom,
For beyond the clouds, and beyond the tomb,
It is there, it is there, my child!
Now he [Nebridius] lives in Abraham's bosom.
[Lat., Nunc ille vivit in sinu Abraham.]
Now he [Nebridius] lives in Abraham's bosom.
[Lat., Nunc ille vivit in sinu Abraham.]
Spend in pure converse our eternal day;
Think each in each, immediately wise;
Learn all we lacked read more
Spend in pure converse our eternal day;
Think each in each, immediately wise;
Learn all we lacked before; hear, know, and say
What this tumultuous body now denies;
And feel, who have laid our groping hands away;
And see, no longer blinded by our eyes.
